Posted - 09/17/2011 : 04:40:44 AM This article was written by a republican! It just confirms what most of us seem to already know which is that our elected representatives in Washington are not there for us. Totally demoralizing.

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Posted - 09/16/2011 : 8:36:51 PM Thanks for the link, Kristina. I got about one-third of the way through the article, and realized I would need to set aside enough time to recover from the despair that I was feeling, so will finish it up over the weekend. How did you handle the emotional reaction?